Thursday, January 31, 2013

Chris is the eldest by 2 minutes…I can remember the day I was told I was having twins, just seems like yesterday, I felt so blessed then and I still feel the same….

Josh with his gorgeous partner Teen

Chris with his gorgeous partner Kate..

It was so nice to have my boys together, Chris and Kate live on the Central Coast and they came home for a couple of days….Josh and Teen live here….April our Luke will be home so with any luck I will have the three of them here with their mummy….LOL

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Yesterday I started quilting a top I had made a few years back….it was a Jelly Roll quilt….this is going to be donated to Chookys Appeal…

Hope you are all having a lovely day….I am having a day off today, my darling number two son, which is number one twin, and his gorgeous girlfriend have come home for a couple of days, they go back tomorrow….

…..and my little offsider at work is going on holidays so I have to wear the two hat thing again…

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Below is a post that my gorgeous friend Chookyposted yesterday……to loose everything or to even partially loose what is yours……there are no words!!!!

Please have a read…..if you can help out with quilts please contact Chooky or you can make a comment on my blog and I can pass this onto Chooky…

I am more than happy to collect quilts here and then get them to Chooky…..thank you so much…..

Happy Sunday, take care, keep safe

Peg….xxxx

Australia Day is all about being Australian and to me being Australian is helping your mates (friends) out when they need it so I think today is the day to get my plan together and ask for your assistance.

I have been thinking about this all week..............what could I do...........how could I do it............could I do it..........well then here we go there is no stopping now................

Saturday, January 26, 2013

If you would like to be an OPAMer…please go HERE…. Kris and I would love for you to join us…..

Happy Aussie Day…keep safe…..

Peg

Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free, We've golden soil and wealth for toil; Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare, In history's page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair.

Friday, January 25, 2013

The idea of the“ONE PROJECT AMONTH”is pretty simple ... To try to finish at least ONE craft project by the end of each month. This can be something you’ve had partly done for a while (a Work In Slow Progress WISP), a pattern you bought ages ago that you finally get around to making up, or a completely new project. This is meant to be a low-stress challenge - if you don’t finish a project every month - that’s fine! We understand sometimes life interferes with our plans. We also realise some projects are meant to be long-term and have a LOT of work involved, like a quilt or a cross-stitch. The main aim of the OPAM Challenge is to give us all a bit of a motivational boost and to give us all a big cheer squad to encourage and inspire us.

However, there is quite a bit of time and work involved in running OPAM, so Kris and I have some guidelines we ask people to take note of AND please only sign up if you intend to follow through. If for some reason during the year you decide you don’t wish to remain part of the OPAM Challenge, just drop Kris or me an email to let us know. Please read through all guidelines before you sign up.

1. Participants must have an ACTIVE BLOG. If you change your blog address, drop us an email telling us your old address and what you’ve changed it to. If your blog is already, or you change it, to invitation only, please send Kris and I invitations, or we can’t check your finishes list each month.

2. Numbers won’t be limited for the sign up for OPAM 2013, BUT ... it WILL close on February 1 ... You must sign up before that or miss out on joining in the fun.

3. Participants can sign up via email to Kris or Peg, or via a comment on EITHER blog AS LONG AS it includes all asked for information.

4. Participants MUST provide all info asked for. * Name (first and initial of surname in case of double up names); * Email; * Blog address.

5. Participants MUST have the OPAM Challenge badge on their blog sidebar and link it to either Kris’s or Peg’s blog.

(a link with instructions will come with your welcome email)

6. Participants MUST keep a list of each month’s finishes on their blog sidebar and update it BEFORE the last day of each month. (This is easiest if you add each project as you finish it.) If you can put this directly under the OPAM badge on your sidebar it will be easier for Peg and Kris to find it. You may also choose to have a separate OPAM 2013 page on your blog. That’s fine too as long as it’s clearly labelled.

8. QUILTS: A quilt will only be counted as a finish if it is COMPLETELY finished ... Quilted and bound. Flimsies/tops won’t count as finishes.

9. BOM’s: Blocks that are part of a BOM (Block Of the Month) program will only be counted as a finish when they are joined, quilted and bound. Individual BOM blocks DO NOT count as a finish.

10. If you can email Peg or Kris your list of finishes each month BEFORE the end of the month, this would be appreciated, as it cuts down the amount of time it takes to check finishes for the month. (and save Peg and Kris from getting square eyes!)

11. Lastly, participants MUST ...

After all, the reason we craft and create is to relax, have fun and take some time away from the “Have to” tasks to do the “Like to do” ones! …….

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The online stitching group that I am a member of - FIS – are putting together some sewing kits for those who have been affected by the fires in Tassie…I made these on the weekend, I found a couple of orphan stitcheries….I have no idea what it would be like to loose everything!!!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The heart is now what I call a ‘stitching pillow’…..when I stitch I have found that a cushion placed next to me on the recliner works well…I have a small magnet that my scissors stick to…a few large hat pins which holds a small thread catcher…and also a bobbin filled with thread…and just a small assortment of needles/pins that I am using for that project….

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Lucky me…look what I received in the post from the lovely Chez….a couple of the labels she makes, so very thoughtful Chez….thank you so much xx

Yesterday by DS…the eldest one, turned 30…he lives in Derby…WA…very excited he is coming home in April for a couple of weeks….it has been three years since our boy has been home…tears are welling up even as I write this….thank goodness for phones….and facebook…I have stolen this photo….Luke’s Friends…… he held his own 30th party….Themed, I did teach by boys well…LOL….”Anything Goes But Clothes”…Check out the young lady with the ‘post it notes’…Luke tells me he was wearing a hessian sack, no photos of that one yet….my boy does know how to Party!!!!!!!!

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A few things about me...

I am happily married to James and have been for 34 years, we have three sons Luke 30 and
twins Chris and Josh
28. We have two dogs, our little man Ollie he is a Spoodle, and our other little mate Tarj he is a Chihuahua.